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POULTRY HATCHERY
Carry out setter operations
level:
3
credit:
8
planned review date:
December 2008
sub-field:
Poultry Production
purpose:
People credited with this unit standard are able to prepare
and maintain the setter, associated equipment, and
machinery; operate the setter, and maintain setter
environment and hygiene.
entry information:
Open.
accreditation option:
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA, industry and
teaching professional in the same field from another
provider.
moderation option:
A centrally established and directed moderation system has
been set up by the Primary Industry Training Organisation.
special notes:
1
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is
not limited to the Animal Products Act 1999, andHealth
and Safety in Employment Act 1992.
2
Performance of all aspects of this unit standard must
comply with equipment and machine manufacturers’
operating manuals.
3
Hatchery procedures refer to the oral or written
instructions to staff on workplace procedures and
safety, and includes, where relevant, the Risk
Management Programme (RMP).
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Elements and Performance Criteria
element 1
Prepare and maintain the setter, associated equipment, and machinery.
performance criteria
1.1
Setter, and associated equipment are cleaned, sanitised, and dried in
accordance with hatchery procedures.
1.2
Samples for microbiological testing are collected, recorded, labelled, and
despatched in accordance with hatchery procedures.
1.3
Setter, associated equipment, and machinery are checked for function, and
faults are identified and repaired or reported, in accordance with hatchery
procedures.
1.4
Routine servicing, maintenance, and calibration of setter, associated
equipment, and machinery are carried out in accordance with manufacturer’s
specifications.
1.5
Setter is preheated to specified temperature in accordance with hatchery
procedures.
element 2
Operate the setter and maintain setter environment and hygiene.
performance criteria
2.1
Eggs are moved and placed in the setter in specified setting sequence in
accordance with hatchery procedures.
2.2
Environmental control systems are set to specified levels that optimise egg
development in accordance with hatchery procedures.
Range:
2.3
ventilation, humidity, temperature.
Setter environment and turner are monitored, problems are identified and
reported, and adjustments are made, in accordance with hatchery procedures.
Range:
ventilation, humidity, temperature.
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2.4
Setter hygiene is maintained in accordance with hatchery procedures.
2.5
Emergency procedures are implemented in the event of setter systems
breakdown in accordance with hatchery procedures.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Primary Industry Training Organisation standards@primaryito.ac.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
Please Note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority or a delegated interinstitutional body before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards
or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority before
they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for providers wishing to
develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and
assessors, and special resource requirements.
This unit standard is covered by AMAP 0052 which can be accessed at
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/site/framework/search.html.
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